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Mad Men Preview Season 7 Don Draper's Shame & His Lies

MAD MEN Season 7 Preview
Don Draper’s Shame
The Toll of Living a Lie

August 1, 2014 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Don Draper (Jon Hamm) has been running from his past through the last six seasons of Mad Men. At least, he’s tried his best – amidst flashbacks and his brother’s return. To me as a psychoanalyst, there’s no doubt he’s a traumatized man. A man using various methods, mostly affairs, and alcohol, to convince himself it’s …

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Don Draper’s Shame
The Toll of Living a Lie

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“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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